Kwanten made an appearance in a Law and Order: SVU episode that aired on December 2, 2008, in which he portrays US Marine CorpsMaster Sergeant Dominic Pruitt who is (falsely) accused of raping and murdering a fellow marine and murdering her unborn baby.

Kwanten also appears in the limited-edition coffee table book ("About Face") by celebrity photographer John Russo and Pixie press Worldwide publishers.[3][4] He stars in the psychological thriller Red Hill, which was directed by Patrick Hughes.[5]